Riding attachment for harrows.



PATENTED APR.' 251 1,905.

G. P. KIRKPATRICK. l RIDING ATTACHMENT FOR HARROWS.

APPLIOAIIONEILED, JULY 9, 19.04.

George I? Kirkpatrick,

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UNITED STATES rammed April 25, 1905.

PATENT OEEICE.

GEORGE P. KIRKPATRICK, OF VVHITTEMORE, IOWA, ASSIGNOR OF TWO- THIRDS TODAVID J. WILSON, OF WATERLOO, IOWA, AND CHARLES GANGE, OF ALGONA, IOWA.

RIDING ATTACHMENT FOR HARROWS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 788,409, dated April2,5, 1905.

` Application iiled July 9, 1904. Serial No. 215,911.

To all whom t may concern/.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE P. KIRKPAT- RICK, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, and a resident of Whittemore, Kossuth county, Iowa,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Riding Attachmentsfor Harrows, of which the following is a speciiication.

My invention relates to improvmeents in IO riding attachments forharrows; and the object of my invention is to provide means whereby thewheels following the harrow will be kept in line and prevented fromdragging the harrow out of line or otherwise displacing it.

I 5 This object I have accomplished by the means which are hereinafterdescribed and claimed and which are illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing, which is a plan view of my riding attachment, showing itconnected up to the 2O axle of the wheels of a riding-barrow.

The frame of the attachment is formed of angle-iron whose iiange isturned downward and is of an elongated horseshoe shape. The cross-piecesZ) and c are pivoted to the frame a by the bolts Z and e and are pivotedto the axle m by the bolts /t and 71:. Said cross-pieces and c cross andare slidable over each other, as shown, and are kept from verticaldisplacement by means of the cross-bars f and g, which are spaced apartsuciently to allow the crosspieces and 0 to play between them, andextend parallel to each other and transversely across the frame a, towhich they are fastened. The ends of the cross-pieces t and c which arepivoted to the axle m may be forked, as shown, or otherwise pivoted t0said axle. The other ends of the said cross-pieces may also be otherwiseconnected to the frame a than as shown, not varying the principle of myinvention.

The dotted lines in the drawing show the rela- 4o tive positions of theparts when the implement is being shifted to turn a corner. The use ofthese pivoted cross-pieces and c affords greater ease in turning theimplement, gives greater play to the axle, and tends to prevent thewheels from dragging the harrow out of line if they are in contact withany rut or obstruction. It is obvious that this improved ridingattachment is susceptible of being usefully connected to other forms ofimplements 5o by making slight Structural changes therein which will notaffect the principle of my invention.

The bolt-holes s are used for connecting up the frame /t to the rear ofa harrow or other 5 5 implement, (not shown,) and it is of` courseobvious that, if desired, the frame t might be entirely omitted and theforward ends of the cross-pieces pivotally connected by the bolts d ande to the rear end of such harrow or other 6o implement.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is Y A riding attachment, consisting of a frame, o 5crossbars on said frame, wheels rotatably mounted on an axle, an axle,and cross-pieces pivotally connected to said frame and to said axle andslidable over each other lbetween said cross bars, substantially asshown and de- 70 scribed.

Signed at Algona, Iowa, this 2d day of July, 1904.

GEORGE P. KIRKPATRICK.

Witnesses:

L. J. DEcxENsoN, C. BYRON.

